With a Troubled past behind them, Teenage Delinquents turn to the only comfort that welcomes and accepts them: Motorcycles. Freedom and Rebellion is what’s waiting instore for them, a lifestyle they can relate to very well. Such way of life takes time thus, teenagers don’t become Delinquents over night. The decision of becoming a delinquent or even joining motorcycle gangs is issued upon events that take place during childhood. For instance, Child neglect, maltreatment, and sexual abuse are all events that could trigger this need for freedom and rebellion. This need isn’t satisfied until kids start living the lifestyle of danger, desire, love, death, and sex which is all surrounded by the Gang Mentality that they all relate to. Finally, Once the need is satisfied, a delinquent is born.
Although many may argue that not all teenage delinquents, come from troubled homes, it is a very small portion the ones that …show more content…
Some people commit crime for money, others for their families, and others because they fear that they’re in danger, Juvenile delinquents do it for all three. Becoming apart of a motorcycle gang means making fast money. In her article, “Gangs A Cry for Family?” Amanda Vogt interviews Probation officer, Tom Schneider who states that “Gangs offer kids ways, even though they’re illegal and risky, to make a couple hundred dollars a day”. Sometimes, it’s the brotherhood and the manly father aspects that spikes their interests. “The deeper a kid’s involvement in a gang, the more dysfunctional his/her family life” says Schneider. Especially in Motorcycle Gangs were the members are all masculine and strong which for teenagers may be admirable, they look up to them, they see them as role models, or perhaps a father figure. Once they’re in they feel protected, “they watch my back, I watch theirs” says a fellow gang member of the Black Disciples Street
Although many may argue that not all teenage delinquents, come from troubled homes, it is a very small portion the ones that …show more content…
Some people commit crime for money, others for their families, and others because they fear that they’re in danger, Juvenile delinquents do it for all three. Becoming apart of a motorcycle gang means making fast money. In her article, “Gangs A Cry for Family?” Amanda Vogt interviews Probation officer, Tom Schneider who states that “Gangs offer kids ways, even though they’re illegal and risky, to make a couple hundred dollars a day”. Sometimes, it’s the brotherhood and the manly father aspects that spikes their interests. “The deeper a kid’s involvement in a gang, the more dysfunctional his/her family life” says Schneider. Especially in Motorcycle Gangs were the members are all masculine and strong which for teenagers may be admirable, they look up to them, they see them as role models, or perhaps a father figure. Once they’re in they feel protected, “they watch my back, I watch theirs” says a fellow gang member of the Black Disciples Street